Hunts Point dock shootout

The Hunts Point dock shootout was a three-day-long gun battle between armored car robber Niko Bellic and several New York law enforcement agencies that occurred in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City. The battle, which claimed scores of lives on the police side, ended when Bellic succeeded in escaping in a stolen police car and fleeing to New Jersey.

One afternoon, Bellic came across an armored car driven by Lelio Z. Montalvo, who was accompanied by courier Rancul A. Vaca. Bellic exited his vehicle and threw Montalvo from the driver's seat, and Vaca fled from the passenger seat in fear. Bellic then drove the car down towards the dock at Hunts Point, where he blew up the truck with an RPG-7. He then proceeded to collect the scattered cash, but the explosion caught the attention of the police, who sent squad cars to respond to the scene.

Rather than attempt to escape on foot, Bellic fired on the NYPD squad cars as they arrived, beginning a shootout. Soon, police helicopters and more squad cars began to arrive, so Bellic took cover on a floating platform in the East River. From there, he downed several police helicopters with RPG rockets, and he also fired on the police as they attempted to storm his position. Hours passed as Bellic continued to hold his position, and, as the police body count rose, the state was forced to send in SWAT troopers, police from neighboring counties, cities, and boroughs, and FBI agents. Bellic continued the shootout for two more days, inflicting heavy losses on the law enforcement forces. After wiping out several waves of enemies, Bellic found a lull in which he was able to enter an NYPD squad car and escape, breaking through police roadblocks on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, along the main roads, and on the George Washington Bridge, escaping to New Jersey. The shootout left destruction in its wake, and it was an embarassment for the law enforcement forces, who failed to take down Bellic before he escaped across state lines, upon which the chase was continued by the New Jersey State Police.